Coat of arms of Willem Cornelisz. Van Duyvenbode, 1578, 1736 - 1761 print Coat of arms of the Leiden organist Willem Cornelisz. who acquired the right in 1578 to call himself Van Duyvenbode. This as a reward for the deployment of his pigeons as carrier pigeons for communication during the siege between the city council of Leiden and the troops of the Prince of Orange. Northern Netherlands paper etching armorial bearing, heraldry. pigeon (as messenger) Leiden

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